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Simon Willison publishes 'Understanding ChatGPT Work', his guide to OpenAI's confusing but powerful agent product (@simonw)
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Simon Willison published Understanding ChatGPT Work, a guide to a product he calls deeply confusing but extremely powerful, then had it build a page listing every tool in a Codex Work session.
In plain words
- Simon Willison published a guide explaining what ChatGPT Work can do.
- He describes it as confusing but powerful, with useful features missing from regular ChatGPT.
- He also asked it to build a page listing every tool available during one work session.
- People curious about ChatGPT Work can use the guide to find features that regular ChatGPT lacks.
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Sep 01, 2026 · from X
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